Apple has lock-in to a much stronger extent. There is very little lock-in between Android phones; you can easily switch brands. And the point about iMessage an

Apple has lock-in to a much stronger extent. There is very little lock-in between Android phones; you can easily switch brands. And the point about iMessage and the other iWhatevers is important. Apple intentionally avoided interoperability. This goes beyond lock-in to contagion. I know people who didn't really want to get their young kids iPhones, because they weren't really old enough to be responsible for something so expensive. But they felt they had to do it anyhow because of the lack of interoperability. So they ended up buying multiple kid iPhones as the phones were lost, smashed, etc. I get that's not very expensive for the kind of people who hang out on HN, but it's real money to most.